Comments on: 10 Reasons to do Blog Interviews

By: Tim Jahn

Tim Jahn — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:56:36 +0000

Along the lines of your point #4, interviews are a great way to help increase your blog traffic. I’ve just released an e-book that expands on this point and gives you the step by step process for creating high quality interviews that will help increase your blog traffic and boost your credibility. You can find the e-book here: http://www.beyondthepedway.com/increase-blog-traffic

Thanks for the great tips!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:45:35 +0000

I love reading interviews and have done them on my blog since April of 2009. They are a great way to connect with people on a deeper level and build new friendships. I also see it as a way to give others a platform to shine… We all have something to share.
Excellent points.
Regard,
Elizabeth

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By: Elizabeth Schulze

Elizabeth Schulze — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:11:58 +0000

I am getting ready to start doing interviews for my reale state website. Do you have any specific preparation techniques you would consider sharing? Such as do you give them questions in advance, how do you request an interview and minimize the chance of getting shot down etc.

By: Kipsang

Kipsang — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:17:51 +0000

Dear Brian,

I would like to repost this article followed by a link to your blog for publication on mine (http://kipsang.wordpress.com/).

Hence this comment to ask your permission to do so.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Kipsang.

Kipsangs last blog post..Africa: Blueprint to Process E-Waste Developed…

By: Brian Wallace

Brian Wallace — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:07:59 +0000

@Brian Sherwin:
that looks like a great site, and I’m glad to see that you employ interviews as well. Drop me a line, would love to talk interviews with you!

By: Brian Sherwin Myartspace Blog

Brian Sherwin Myartspace Blog — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:56:20 +0000

Great post. Interviews are indeed a great way to get traffic to your blog. Most of the entries I post are interviews with visual artists. We get traffic from the websites of artists who post a link to their interview with me and I’m certain we also get traffic from people who have done a google search for some of those artists.

If you do enough interviews people will start to write you asking if you would be willing to do the same for their blog and all that jazz. I’ve actually done a few articles for art magazines because they were aware of my interview series.

The important thing is to not just go after the really big names. For example, I have posted my interviews with artists like Michael Craig-Martin, James Rosenquist, and Vito Acconci but I also interview artists who are just starting out. In my case, emerging artists are more likely to post links to the interview on several sites and to use the interview as part of their marketing strategy.

Interviews are enjoyable to read because most blogs tend to repeat the same information you can find on other blogs dealing with the same subject. The majority simply alter AP content. Thus, interviews give you unique content to post. They also give you ideas for original content to write about. We keep a list of my interviews at http://www.myartspace.com/interviews if you are interested.

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By: Simon Slade

Simon Slade — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:28:43 +0000

Interviews are a great read if you pick the right people and ask the right questions, for sure.

By: Charlie Anzman

Charlie Anzman — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:04:20 +0000

Great collection. Enjoying watching them. Thanks! Charlie Anzman's last blog post..Microsoft to the rescue ?

By: brian

brian — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:14:23 +0000

@Kristen: glad you enjoyed it! Drop a line back when your interview is out.

@Mark Dykeman: you bet – it was a good interview you did with Shana.

@Will: computational journalism sounds interesting, can you elaborate? And yes, bloggers help each other.
Bloggers support each other through information exchange and all sorts of critique.

@Jack: Yes, get back into interviewing, it is the way to go.

@Glen: you asked for an interview, and now you got it

@Paul: drop me a line, we can talk about it.

@Mark: you bet – you had a good interview there with Darren. Happy reading!

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By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:15:36 +0000

Thanks for linking to my Darren Rowse interview!! Now, I am off to read the other interviews you have listed.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:55:29 +0000

How about an interview Brian? I’m starting up a blog linker called Arkayne for content linking to compete with BlogRush, EntreCard, and SphereIT. I think your audience would like to hear about a guy trying to make it against the odds. Fighting through online marketing lessons, getting clobbered by bad hosting companies, and wrestling with an ever growing code base all while trying to keep his full time job at a big Silicon Valley company.

Look me up, I’d love to chat.

Oh yeah and the site I’m working on: http://www.arkayne.com

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:03:55 +0000

Hey I'm still waiting to be asked So true, I've interviewed Aaron Wall, Lee Odden, Shawn Hogan (Digitalpoint) and Donna Fontenot (SEO-Scoop) and they have all had a good response Glen Allsopp's last blog post..6 Features I'd Like to See at Mixx

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:52:02 +0000

Great ideas and all true from experience, although I have to get back into interviewing! Funny, it did wonders for traffic and participation and I quit doing it. Duh!

By: Will

Will — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:11:30 +0000

Thanks Brian for the post. I am taking a computational journalism class at Georgia Tech and it's great to read about how bloggers are teaching each other about the social function of interviewing. Will's last blog post..Why Did MSNBC Exclude Kucinich?

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:54:36 +0000

Thanks for the link, Brian! Good post about interviews. Mark Dykeman's last blog post..Humpday Linkage - Jan. 23/08

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:56:22 +0000

This is a very informative post, Brian and has come along at just the right time. I am planning on posting an interview next week and this gives me 10 more reasons why and some examples of questions I should be asking. Many Thanks Kristen's last blog post..Just What Is The Digg Crew Recommending?